Mills County News

We often learn who our true friends are in times of need. For a Mills County, Iowa family, those friends include the entire community.

The election isn't over yet in the Iowa towns of Hastings and Avoca. The fifth open seat on the Hastings City Council is stuck in a three-way tie involving Dustin Crouse, Kendra Copperstone and Ryan Campbell.

The Iowa Department of Public Health has reported four additional 2009 H1N1influenza-related deaths in Iowa.

This year's assessment limitations or rollback on Iowa property values announced by the Iowa Department of Revenue in October won't affect Plymouth County taxpayers much.

Sheriffa s investigators said a Mills County man died Thursday night after being hit by a train just northwest of Malvern.

Authorities say a man lying on railroad tracks was run over and killed by a freight train in southwest Iowa.

If therea s one phone call you expect will be answered ita s when you dial 911. But early in the morning on October 6th the phone rang and rang at Mills County, Iowa 911 and nobody answered when Joni Jacobsena s daughter called.

A Southwest Iowa man is dead after rolling his motorcycle. The Iowa State Patrol says Charles Wagner, 57, of Glenwood, was traveling southbound on 310th street in Mills County around 4:10 p.m. Sunday.

A 57-year-old Glenwood man is dead after a motorcycle accident. Charles Wagner was driving southbound on 310th Street near Paddock Avenue in Mills County on Sunday afternoon when the wheels of his motorcycle dropped onto the shoulder of the road.

An Iowa man is in critical condition after being shot in the head by his sister.

Chad Brannen, 34, handed his sister a .22 caliber Ruger handgun and told her to shoot him.

An Iowa man is in critical condition after being shot in the head by his sister.

The Pottawattamie County Animal Shelter will be operated by a new entity starting Monday.

In her 18 years as county recorder, Margaret Henkle never thought she'd see the day.

A former Council Bluffs police officer who once was credited with saving another officer's life accidentally shot himself Friday at a downtown bar.